Nespelem people

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The Nespelem people are a Native American group of the Interior Salish cultural and linguistic family traditionally associated with the Columbia River Plateau region of what is now Washington State.

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Nespelem people canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indigenous people of the United States
Native American people
continent North America
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalClassification Plateau Salish people NERFINISHED
culturalFamily Interior Salish NERFINISHED
culturalRegion Interior Plateau
cultureArea Plateau culture area NERFINISHED
demographicClassification small Native American group
ethnicGroupOf United States of America
surface form: United States
ethnonymLanguage Salishan languages NERFINISHED
governedBy tribal government of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation NERFINISHED
hasCulturalPractice communal fishing activities
salmon ceremonies
seasonal round of resource use
hasReligion Christianity
traditional Indigenous spiritual practices
historicalPeriodOfContact 19th century
indigenousTo Washington State NERFINISHED
languageFamily Interior Salish languages NERFINISHED
linguisticClassification Salishan-speaking people
locatedIn Columbia Plateau NERFINISHED
Pacific Northwest
Washington
surface form: Washington State
modernCommunityCenter Nespelem, Washington NERFINISHED
modernReservation Colville Indian Reservation NERFINISHED
partOf Interior Salish peoples NERFINISHED
peopleNameLanguageFamily Salishan NERFINISHED
recognizedAs tribal group within the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
relatedEthnicGroup Colville people NERFINISHED
Kalispel people NERFINISHED
Okanagan people NERFINISHED
Sanpoil people NERFINISHED
Spokane people NERFINISHED
traditionalEconomy salmon fishing
traditionalHousing mat lodges
pit houses
traditionalRegion Columbia River Plateau NERFINISHED
north-central Washington
traditionalSubsistence fishing
gathering wild plants
hunting
traditionalTerritory Columbia River drainage NERFINISHED
Nespelem River area
area around present-day Nespelem, Washington
usesWritingSystem Latin script for modern language documentation

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Interior Salish peoples includes Nespelem people